Using Digital think-alouds to reflect on writerly choices

Today's new media technologies have brought screencasting tools into the forefront for a multitude of innovative classroom creations (e.g., think-alouds, tutorials for the world, how-tos, etc.). Screencasting tools, like Jing, can be downloaded for free and can be used to make a movie-like recording of what is on the computer screen while capturing any audio taking place during the duration of the recording.

Explore this site to see how you might use screencasting--across disciplines--to foster creation, thinking, understanding, and engagement in your classroom.